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EACH ONE REACH ONE AND MAKE DISCIPLES FOR JESUS
CHRIST.

Chocolate Bayou Worship
Center is a very accommodating church. We believe that the Holy Scriptures
are the final authority in all doctrine, but we also understand that we are all
in various places in our journey with God. This means we are all growing in our
knowledge of who God is. We are ever growing in our comprehension of His
glorious nature and attributes. We conclude that all who are following Jesus
Christ are growing in their understanding of His Word and its
application. While we know Truth is not open to private interpretation,
we must be merciful to one another as we are under the tutorship of the Holy
Spirit both corporately and individually.

A
quote often attributed to Augustine speaks on this wise:

“In
Essentials Unity, In Non-Essentials Liberty, In All Things Charity.”

·In Essentials Unity: Essentials
are absolutes, not open for private interpretation.

oWe
must have unity in the understanding that we are saved by faith in Christ and
that our salvation is not awarded based on our merit. We also understand that
we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God
prepared in advance for us to do. God has a purpose in our salvation and His
purpose is not denied in those who are saved.

oWe
acknowledge the Scriptures as the infallible, divinely inspired Word of God,
and the final authority in all matters.

oWe
follow Jesus in proclaiming to the world their need to choose Christ of their
own free will, and disciple those who do.

oWe
believe there are three that bear witness in heaven: The Father, the Son, and
the Holy Spirit; and these three are one.

·In Non-Essentials Liberty: Our
church family consist of people in various places in their walk with God, who
have different understandings about Eternal Security, Final Judgement,
Eschatology, Spiritual Gifts, etc. These are areas where grace is abundant to
one another as we are all at liberty to submit our understanding to and through
enlightenment from the Holy Spirit in His time, not one another’s agenda.

·In All Things Charity
(Love): Our society is ever growing in opposition of God’s Word, even
while they claim their ungodly deeds are moral. There are in the church
globally, many false teachers. Some are willingly perverting the truth for
personal gain, while many are teaching false doctrines out of ignorance or
neglect. Regardless of anyone’s origin or intention, we love as Christ loved.
This includes those who persecute us, oppose us, or drive nails in the hands of
Jesus. He loves them, and we are His followers in loving them also.